HYDROGRAPHIC SOCIETY 4 DECEMBER 2007 NICK HARRINGTON BSc
HYDROGRAPHIC SOCIETY 4 DECEMBER 2007 NICK HARRINGTON, BSc, MRICS
WHY RENEWABLE ENERGY? • Reduction of emissions, Kyoto targets • Security of supply • Cost
MARINE ENERGY • Tidal Barrage • Tidal Stream • Wave Energy – – Shoreline Seabed Shallow water Deep water
WHY IN SOUTH WEST? • • Strong wave and tidal resource Existing marine sector Academic base Opportunities in new industry
WAVE POWER LEVELS Source: World Energy Council website - based on Claesson, (1987)
TIDAL RESOURCE
WAVE RESOURCE
STRONG EXISTING GRID
COSTS OF ELECTRICITY GENERATION Source: PB Power “Powering the Nation” March 2006
WAVE HUB – UK ROUTE TO COMMERCIALISATION R&D Na. REC Demonstration Initial prototype EMEC Refined prototype Wave Hub Pre- commercial device Market entry with commercial product Market penetration
WAVE HUB PROVIDES • • • Consented sea area Grid connected 5 MW per berth Monitoring and testing Power purchase agreement Opportunities to collaborate Access to suppliers’ research base
WESTWAVE - PELAMIS
OCEAN POWER TECHNOLOGIES - POWERBUOY
OCEANLINX
FRED OLSEN – FO 3 BULDRA
SITE IDENTIFICATION • • Wave resource Grid connection Shipping Wildlife Fishing Military 12 NM limit
SITE SELECTION Source: Halcrow Wave Hub Technical Feasibility Study – Jan 2005
Fig 5. 2 Anatec Navigational Risk Assessment (May 2006)
PLANNING CONSENT • Electricity Act 1989 – Section 36 – declaration to extinguish rights of navigation – deemed consent for works on land • Food & Environment Protection Act 1985 – Section 5 • Coast Protection Act 1949 – Section 34 FURTHER APPLICATIONS • Safety zones • Device specific FEPA licences
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT • • Terrestrial ecology Intertidal ecology Subtidal ecology Ornithology Marine ecology Fish and fisheries study Cetacean survey Water quality • Sediment quality • Archaeological assessment • Landscape and visual amenity • Underwater video • Impact on surfing beaches • Stakeholder and community consultation
SOUTH WEST WAVE HUB • • • Coastal Processes Study Marine Traffic Survey Navigation Risk Assessment
CONSENT Consent granted 17 September 2007 • First Section 36 marine renewables consent in UK • Consent conditions
LOCATION OF TSS RELATIVE TO THE WAVE HUB DEPLOYMENT AREA Fig 5. 2 Anatec Navigational Risk Assessment (May 2006)
OVERVIEW CHART OF TRACKS RECORDED 7 AUGUST 2005 (BUSIEST DAY) Fig 4. 7 Anatec Marine Traffic Survey (August 2005)
MAIN MERCHANT ROUTES IDENTIFED FROM SURVEY DATA Fig 5 Page 117 Anatec Navigational Risk Assessment (May 2006)
FISHERIES • • • Liaison under FLOWW guidelines Rights to fish removed by Secretary of State declaration No statutory entitlement to compensation Expectation developers to mitigate/compensate Difficult to assess individual impacts
PRI-Ma. RE Universities of Plymouth and Exeter • • Plymouth Marine Laboratory Marine Biological Association Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science The Met Office
PRI-Ma. RE • • Resource assessment Coastal processes Electrical operations Operations and maintenance Moorings design Environmental impacts Safety of operations Social and economic
PROGRAMME • • • Board approval Consents Financial close Order cable Construction First devices deployed April 2007 September 2007 December 2007 January 2008 Summer 2009 Late summer 2009
CAPTURING THE BENEFITS • • • Inward investment Supply chain Marine facilities Support services Research and knowledge economy Overseas markets
THE FUTURE • Marine Spatial Planning • Strategic Environmental Assessment • Track record of performance from devices • Environmental impacts understood • Applications for commercial projects
FURTHER INFORMATION: www. wavehub. co. uk nick. harrington@southwestrda. org. uk
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